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Are basketball sims just too real nowadays that you’d wish you could play over-the-top arcade-style, gravity defying bobble-heads that satirizes your favorite stars? Well, 2K just announced today the official launch of NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 and its got Karl-Anthony Towns, Jayson Tatum, future hall of famer Kevin Garnett and the legendary Julius “Dr. J” Erving on the cover. And yes, as the cover shows, this one’s going to be basketball at its most outrageous. From the press release: Manila, Philippines, October 16, 2018 — 2K today announced the official launch of NBA 2K Playgrounds 2. This all-new two-on-two arcade basketball game from developer Saber Interactive and 2K is now available worldwide on the PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch™ and Windows PC for PHP 1,650. NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 features tons of ways to play on your own, with friends or against the world. Playgrounds Championship mode introduces a worldwide…

When one mentions 2K, “sports-simulation” comes to mind. And if basketball is your go to sport, the NBA 2K series is the gold standard. The tight gameplay, fluidity of animations and authenticity are unrivaled in the basketball video game space. This of course, narrows down NBA 2K to a smaller market of ballers who appreciate the finer details of realistic basketball play. For us casual gamers who follow the NBA, know the difference of the pick and roll from the pick and pop, and would like to give this a shot, is it worth the money? To answer that, I played NBA 2K19s story-mode and Exhibition Games for a few hours and here’s why I think its more than just a pick-up game. Hands down, it’s the most authentic NBA simulation out there 2K knows this is its main strength and it shows. And as an NBA fan, I surely…

NBA, PLDT, and Smart Communications have recently announced a multi-year partnership that would bring select offerings of NBA League Pass, the league’s premium live game subscription service to more than 62 million subscribers in the Philippines, providing fans with access to live and on-demand NBA games online and through mobile devices. The NBA League Pass offerings include Day Pass which costs PhP50.00, and allows users to watch live games for 24-hours. The new offerings can be accessed online and using both iOS and Android devices. PLDT Home users will also be able to add selected NBA League Pass offerings into their monthly broadband subscription, while Smart Prepaid and Postpaid users can avail of the Day Pass just by texting NBA50 to 9999. In addition, PLDT broadband and Smart mobile subscribers will have access to other content including NBA highlights, game recaps and daily top plays on the official websites of…